The Puszta [antikvár]

1.0n the puszta, the eye can wander unobstructed to the endless horizon. 2. A glimpse of the past: an old fisherman with the traditional tools of his trade. According to an old saying from Debrecen, he who has never seen the Hortobágy deseires twenty-five lashes of the whip, while he who has gone there deserves fifty. Lashing as the worthy reward for unlawfiil conduct has long since gone out of style: still it gives us pause - what could the Hortobágy have been like, if folk tradition holds that visiting it was worth twice the punishment of ignoring it altogether?